Boilers thump Orion; Ridgewood wins in 2OTs

Friday

Jan 3, 2014 at 10:16 PM

Boys high school basketball roundup

Mike Landis

Kewanee 81, Orion 49The Boilers rolled to their eighth straight win, hammering the Chargers in Friday night’s Three Rivers Conference South Division contest.Kewanee scored the game’s first six points and never looked back, building leads of 20-12 at the quarter, 47-24 at halftime and 63-38 after three.Jared Nimrick topped the Boilers with 19 points, followed by Donovan Oliver with 18 and Dalton Nuding with 12. Orion’s Christian Allen tied Nimrick for game scoring honors with 19.Kewanee moves to 10-3 overall and 2-0 in conference.Kewanee’s Riveters won the sophomore opener, defeating Orion 50-35.Tanner Arzola and Zach Brown topped Kewanee with 13 points each, and Brown grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.The Riveters improve to 5-4 overall and 2-0 in conference.

Bureau Valley 62, Erie 40The Storm pulled away from the host Cardinals with a 26-11 run in the second quarter en route to Friday night’s Three Rivers Conference North win.BV’s big second frame gave the Storm a 40-19 lead at the half.Parker Neuhalfen paced the Storm, now 10-7 on the season, with 16 points. Ryan Young added 10 for BV and Tommy Johnson finished with 10.